REPORT ON THE HERBARIUM. 



By Mr G. F. Scott-Elliot, F.L.S., F.R.Bot.Soc, Edin. 



The Herbarium is advancing both in completeness and in 

 accuracy. The present number of species represented is over 

 900, out of the 1858 recorded in the London Catalogue. This is 

 an extremely valuable collection for a County Society like ours, 

 and as we have not yet really begun to exchange plants with 

 other societies or individuals, it is encouraging to see how much 

 can be effected within a comparatively short time. 



The thanks of the Society are very specially due to Miss 

 Hannay for the condition of the plants and the mounting, which 

 could not be better done. I hope, before very long, to go through 

 and name the entire Herbarium with a good standard one in 

 London or Croydon, so that every name may be considered 

 authoritative, and so leave no doubt in the minds of students. 

 There are, in fact, not more than three or four places in Great 

 Britain where a thorough knowledge of British plants could be 

 more easily jiicked up than Dumfries, and it is to be hoped 

 that this material will induce students to come forward. 



Amongst those who have sent us specimens this year are Mr 

 Arnott, Mr "Wilson, Mr J. T. Johnstone, Mrs Thompson, Miss 

 Finlay, ikc. I have to announce that Miss Alice Wedderburn 

 has presented to the Society the whole collection made by her 

 brother, the late Mr F. E. R. Wedderburn, in the neighbourhood 

 of Glenlair, Dalbeattie. The specimens are about 120 in number, 

 and are all in the most perfect preservation, and beautifully 

 mounted. This collection includes many rai'e plants, such as 

 Apium inundatum, Geum intermedium, Hieracium aurantiacum, 

 and is altogether a most valuable addition to our Herbarium. 



The thanks of the Society are due to Miss Wedderburn, both 

 for the careful way in which the collection has been mounted and 

 preserved, and for her kindness in presenting it to us. The late 



